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Discovering the forgotten women of silent cinema

An exhibition of theater lobby cards at New York's Poster House celebrates women's contributions to silent movies both in front and behind the camera.

NASA's Artemis I moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.

After a delay, the next launch opportunity for NASA's giant moon rocket is Friday

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Friday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.

Minda Dentler handcycling at mile 32 of The Kona Ironman in Hawaii, 2013. She's the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship. When she was an infant, her legs were paralyzed by polio. "I wish all people who may be on the fence about vaccination could really meet me," she says. "I'm a reminder to families that they should vaccinate their children."

Striving to outrace polio: What's it like living with the disease

As polio makes a comeback, Minda Dentler reflects on her life with the disease. Paralyzed as an infant in India, she's gone on to become a champion wheelchair triathlete and an immunization advocate.

Juan Sánchez Cotán, "Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber," ca. 1602. Oil on canvas.

San Diego Weekend Arts Events: SDMA Reopens, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bach's Birthday, And Chantal Peñalosa

This weekend in the arts: Cauleen Smith, outdoor jazz at Queen Bee's, a year of virtual civic organ concerts, Best Practice and an AjA Project panel.

Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY. The family members and victims gave statements to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court with the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma LP, present on Thursday.

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

For one day, you can pay $3 for a movie ticket at most American theaters

Sept. 3 will be a nationwide discount day in more than 3,000 theaters and on more than 30,000 screens. It's part of a newly launched National Cinema Day.

Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site.

NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

Taylor Swift says a new album is coming, after winning the top award at the MTV VMAs

Superstar Taylor Swift says she thought it would be a "fun moment' to announce a new album is coming in October at the VMAs.

San Diego band The Inflorescence is shown in an undated photo.

5 songs to discover in San Diego in February

We're listening to new music from Thee Sacred Souls, The Inflorescence, Keni Can Fly, Julia Sage and the Bad Hombres and Author & Punisher.

Fill photo of ex-Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza walking on the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 2022.

Bills release punter Matt Araiza after gang-rape allegation

The decision comes after Buffalo cleared the way for Araiza to take over the punting duties by releasing returning veteran Matt Haack.

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